Slab kicker



July 7, 1925.

SLAB KIGKER Fild sept. 22. 1924 atta: mq

Patented July 7, 1925.

UNITED `siafi"i?.s

WEB M. EDDINS, OF BARNETT, MISSISSIPPI.

SLAB KICKER.

Application filed September' 22, 1324. Serial No. 739,142.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that W'EB M. EDDiNs, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Barnett, in the county of Clarke and State of Mississippi, has invented lnew' and useful Improvements in Slab Kickers, of which the following is a specication.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for use in connection with saw mills, particularly those of small capacity, whereby slabs or short pieces of lumber unfit for stock may be thrown a material distance away from the saw for disposition by burning or otherwise, as may be desired.

A further object is to so construct the kicker thatv it may be cheaply made and that it may be readily reequipped with new teeth when necessary. f

With these objects in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination ofk parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the drum.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Designed to be placed adjacent to the usual cut-off saw and actuated by the line shaft by which the saw is driven, the invention consists of a peripheral toothed drum l rotatably mounted on an appropriate framework 2 and driven by a belt trained over the pulley 3V carried at one end of the shaft 4 journaled in appropriate bearings 5. The drinn consists of the two end plates 6 recessed on their inner faces as shown at 7 to properly or centrally position the hollow core 8, in surrounding relation to which are disposed the rings 9.

Teeth 10 are detachably mounted in the rings 9, the latterbeing provided with lateral recesses l1 disposed at a slight angle to the radius of the rings and terminating in Vrecessed extensions l2 disposed in positions approaching the tangential. The recesses are of angular formation and the teeth are correspondingly formed where they penetrate the drum, so that the eXtensions provide means for retaining the teeth in the rings against the centrifugal force tending to throw them out.

The recesses 1l are disposed atv an angle to give the teeth the proper pitch and when the rings are assembled on the core and interposed between ther two end plates which are detacliably connected by bolts 14, the v drum is assembled into a unitarystructure. lWhen rotated by meansof the pulley, slabs or small pieces of lumber may be cast onto the periphery and they may be engaged by the teeth and thus catapulted or thrown ci a remote distance from the saw, where they may be disposed of by burning or otherwise, as may be desired. i

Continued use of Vthe device results in dulling, damaging or bending the teeth and whenever it is desired to replace adamaged tooth, the two end plates may be discoiinected by the removal of the bolts, thus leaving the rings free to be shifted to obtain access to the slots therein, when the old tooth may be removed anda new tooth inserted. The slots being on the sides of the rings, one ring vabutting the other, serve to prevent lateral displacement of the teeth.

The invention having been described,

what is claimedv as new and useful is:

l. A device for the purpose indicated comprising' ardrum consisting of end plates and securing bolts connecting the saine, a hollow cylindrical core interposed between the plates and in surrounding relation to said-bolts, and toothed rings in surrounding relation to the core and clamped intolateral `engagement by said plates.

2. A device for the purpose Vindicated comprising a drum consisting of end plates and axial bolts securing the same, a hollow core in surrounding relation to said bolts and interposed between said plates, rings in surrounding relation to the clamped into lateral contact b said plates, each of said rings on' onesi ebeing providedV with slots, and teeth mounted in said slotsA and retained therein by the lateral en-v gagement of the rings. Y

3. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a drum consisting of end plates core and andaxial bolts securing the same, ahollow gagement of the rings, the slots being of an gular formation and the teeth on those portions engaged in the slots corresponding to l0 the latter.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signa'- ture.

WEB M. EDDINS. 

